Upworthy bet millions of venture capital dollars that progressive values are the ultimate viral content. But after being forsaken by Facebook and facing layoffs, we’re told the site’s left-wing leadership has successfully fought off a staff unionization drive.
Although BuzzFeed's ubiquitous listicles are already parodies of themselves, and you won't believe how stale the famous Upworthy headline format has gotten, the Onion is preparing to launch a site that intentionally skewers the viral internet. It's called ClickHole.
Yesterday, Business Insider chief correspondent Nicholas Carlson stuck a subtle shiv into his competitors at Buzzfeed, attributing the site's success in exploiting Facebook's ever-evolving newsfeed algorithm to its practice of buying traffic in the form of Facebook ads—as opposed to, you know, attracting readers. Then…
Back in the Blackberry heyday, its messaging service was a huge source of contention since there was no way to opt out of letting the sender know you read their text. It led to a lot of awkward conversations — "So uh, I see you saw my note and ignored it" — but that mostly melted away with Blackberry's stock.
